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• Brown Tinamou Crypturellus obsoletus

  

  This tinamou has reddish-brown plumage. In the eastern Andes of Peru it uses the undergrowth of humid montane forest and is reported to eat mainly seeds.

• Mongolian Lark Melanocorypha mongolica

  This lark breeds in Mongolia and northern China, and moves as far as central China in winter.

• Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum

  The Bar-tailed Trogon lives in humid African mountain forest. By day it searches for caterpillars and other insects.

• Lemon-bellied White-eye Zosterops chloris

  This white-eye is centered on Sulawesi and the Lesser Sundas in Indonesia. It has yellow underparts and a white eye-ring. A university reference lists open coastal forest, forest edges, plantations, and urban areas; a survey in south-east Sulawesi also recorded it at mangrove and riparian forest edges.

• Red-headed Falcon Falco chicquera

  This falcon is marked by a chestnut-red head and cheek stripe. The account here covers the nominate subspecies in South Asia.

• Gurney's Pitta Hydrornis gurneyi

  Gurney's Pitta is a pitta whose males and females differ in head and belly color. It feeds on small animals on the forest floor in forests of southern Myanmar and southern Thailand.

• Common Bush Tanager Chlorospingus flavopectus

  It is 11.5–13 cm long. In Bolivia's eastern Andes, it lives in pairs or small flocks, and Bolivian subspecies differ in crown, cheek, and eye color.

• Blue-bellied Parrot Triclaria malachitacea

  The Blue-bellied Parrot lives in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Males have a violet-blue belly, females are green, and they nest in tree cavities.

• Redthroat Pyrrholaemus brunneus

  Redthroat is a bird of inland shrublands in Australia. The NSW profile places the state’s records in its far west and describes quiet foraging among low shrubs and on the ground.

• Cerulean-capped Manakin Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla

  This manakin occurs on Peru’s eastern Andean slopes. The male is black with a blue crown, back, and rump; the female is green with a yellowish belly. Both forage in the understory of montane forest.

• Boyer's Cuckooshrike Coracina boyeri

  Boyer’s Cuckooshrike lives in forests of New Guinea. It occurs in moist lowland forest and mangroves, and compiled diet data classify it as frugivorous.

• Legge's Flowerpecker Dicaeum vincens

  This small flowerpecker is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is common in wet lowland forest, moves through the treetops and descends to feed on nectar, fruit, berries, and seeds.

• Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta

  The Melodious Warbler is a small bird with a yellowish throat and breast and a gray-green to brown back. It favors warm, open places with shrubs.

• Vogelkop Lophorina Lophorina superba

  The male spreads black plumage around an iridescent blue-green breast shield. It eats fruit and arthropods and performs a courtship display.

• Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta

  This small swallow flies near cliffs and gorges, catching insects in the air. It ranges from northern Africa through Arabia to southern Pakistan.

• Eye-ringed Parrotbill Suthora ricketti

  The Eye-ringed Parrotbill is a small mountain bird of Yunnan, China. It has a dark eye-ring bordered by pale skin and is treated as a species separate from the Brown-winged Parrotbill.

• Siamese Partridge Arborophila diversa

  The Thai diversa form has a pale-brown forehead and throat and a rich chestnut breast. It has been recorded in hill and montane evergreen forest at Khao Soi Dao.

• Masked Shining Parrot Prosopeia personata

  The Masked Shining Parrot lives on Viti Levu in Fiji. Adults are marked by a black face and yellow to orange coloring across the breast and belly.

• Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii

  Swainson's Warbler has a stocky body and a heavy bill that it uses to turn leaf litter while searching for insects and spiders. It breeds in dense swamps and canebrakes of the southeastern United States.

• Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi

  This locally distributed East African weaver inhabits dry thornveld and forages on the ground, mainly for seeds; it also eats insects.

• Rhinomyias additus

  This flycatcher is endemic to Buru. Recent accounts use the combination Eumyias additus.

• Mangrove Rail Rallus longirostris

  The Mangrove Rail is a rail of scattered coastal sites in Central and South America, where it uses mangroves and salty wetlands. It probes shallow mud and water with its long bill.

• Monteiro's Bushshrike Malaconotus monteiri

  This bushshrike is documented in north-western Angola. Reports from Mount Cameroon are considered unconfirmed, so the range here stays with the confirmed Angolan records.

• Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus

  White spots on the head and shoulders and banding on the breast and flanks distinguish this small puffbird. It is found at humid forest edges and in the canopy.